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Istanbul : the imperial city
- Title
- Istanbul : the imperial city / John Freely.
- Author
- Freely, John.
- Publication
- London ; New York : Viking, ©1996.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | DR728 .F74 1996 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xvii, 414 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits (some color); 24 cm
- Summary
- Istanbul: The Imperial City tells the story of the city from its foundation until the present with the emphasis throughout on its colourful and tempestuous daily life. A comprehensive gazetteer describes all the monuments mentioned in the text, so that this is a guide to the city as well as an evocation of its illustrious past as Byzantium, Constantinople and Istanbul, which unfolds as one walks the ancient streets in view of the garland of waters that still entwine it.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 390-395) and index.
- Contents
- Turkish Spelling and Pronunciation -- pt. I. Byzantium. 1. The Strait and the City, up to c. 658 BC. 2. The Greek City-State of Byzantium, c. 658 BC-AD 196. 3. Roman Byzantium, 196-330 -- pt. II. Constantinople. 4. The City of Constantine, 330-337. 5. The Imperial Capital, 337-395. 6. The Theodosian Walls, 395-450. 7. The Late Roman City, 450-527. 8. The Age of Justinian, 527-565. 9. The Struggle for Survival, 565-717. 10. The Iconoclastic Crisis, 717-845. 11. Born in the Purple, 845-1056. 12. The Dynasty of the Comneni, 1056-1185. 13. The Latin Conquest, 1185-1261. 14. Renaissance and Civil War, 1261-1354. 15. The Fall of Byzantium, 1354-1453 -- pt. III. Istanbul. 16. Istanbul, Capital of the Ottoman Empire, 1453-1520. 17. The Age of Suleyman the Magnificent, 1520-1566. 18. The House of Felicity, 1566-1623. 19. The Procession of the Guilds, 1623-1638. 20. Decline and Gilded Decadence, 1638-1730. 21. In the Days of the Janissaries, 1730-1826. 22. The Age of Reform, 1826-1876.
- ISBN
- 0670859729
- 9780670859726
- OCLC
- ocm36458995
- 36458995
- SCSB-415083
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library